Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 205.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 24,263 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 16,322 shares during the quarter. Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,265,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Independent Wealth Network Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.0% in the third quarter. Independent Wealth Network Inc. now owns 10,994 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,027,000 after acquiring an additional 109 shares during the period. VestGen Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. VestGen Advisors LLC now owns 16,210 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,449,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the period. Pitcairn Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Pitcairn Co. now owns 11,759 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,098,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the period. Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 15,565 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,453,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Finally, REDW Wealth LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.2% during the 3rd quarter. REDW Wealth LLC now owns 3,977 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $371,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA EFA opened at $99.01 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $73.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $72.14 and a 1 year high of $105.94. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $101.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $96.61.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, MSCI EAFE Index (the Index). The Index has been developed by MSCI Inc as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance. The Index includes stocks from Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.